Holy Family quarterback Christopher Helbig passes the ball down field against Discovery Canyon at Holy Family on Friday. Sept. 5, 2014. (David R. Jennings, Broomfield Enterprise)

The 99-yard rushing touchdown — it’s a rare sight, but for the second consecutive week, a local high school player accomplished the feat.

A week after Cherry Creek senior Milo Hall did it, Standley Lake junior RB Michael Kerr broke free against Green Mountain. It was a career day for Kerr, who finished with 190 yards on the ground and three touchdowns as Standley Lake won 46-21.

Helbig’s arm lifts Holy Family. Holy Family junior QB Chris Helbig has been on a tear this season. Through three games, he’s thrown for 1,158 yards — an average of 386 per game. In the No. 7 Tigers’ 53-21 win over Palisade, Helbig threw 18-of-32 for 339 yards and four touchdowns, according to BoCoPreps.com.

Baseball isn’t like other games. Saturday’s district rounds for Classes 5A,. 4A and 3A proved it — anything can happen and it usually does.

In 5A, Chatfield, a surprising top seed after finishing in place in Jefferson County’s regular season, had to scratch through its district. The Chargers needed to rally late to tie Doherty before winning 5-4 in an extra inning. They also were pressed to handle Central (G.J.) 4-2, which earlier had downed Colorado Springs’ Pine Creek.

Always-there Cherry Creek fulfilled its presence — the Bruins, who used a late surge to win the Centennial League, got past Monarch 1-0, then outlasted Mountain Range by 7-4.

Jumping on a 14-2 start in the first quarter, Cherry Creek beat Centennial League rival Eaglecrest 52-46 on Monday.

Taylor Shepard led the way for Cherry Creek with 12 points to help the Bruins improve to 13-6 (6-4 in league play) on the season.

Jaisean Jackson led the way for Eaglecrest with 11 points and Blend Avdili added 10 points and six rebounds before fouling out. Eaglecrest, ranked No. 6 in the Class 5A Colorado AP Media Poll, lost its second consecutive game.

“It was one of the most frustrating games I’ve ever been a part of for a variety of reasons,” Olander said to The Aurora Sentinel.

Monarch’s Jay MacIntyre (55) fights for control against Mountain Range’s Elijah Cone (25) and Tyler Sullivan (4) at Monarch High School in Louisville on Jan. 3, 2014. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)

On Monday, we introduced a new feature at The Denver Post and at partner news outlets around Colorado — the Colorado AP Media Poll, with the help of The Associated Press. The poll features votes from reporters, broadcasters and other media members from around the state, from Denver to Boulder, Montrose, Grand Junction, Pueblo and Fort Collins and places in between. The Denver Post’s Neil Devlin, Joe Nguyen and prep/outdoors sports editor Torin Berge are The Post’s voting members in the poll.

The rest of the polls are below. See anything amiss? What teams should be where? Feel free to go on the record in the comments below. If you would like to vote in the poll, please email Joe Nguyen, online prep sports editor at The Denver Post, at jnguyen@denverpost.com.

Jordan Molyneaux blocks out for Regis in game against Monarch in December. (BoCoPreps)

Today we introduce a new feature at The Denver Post and at partner news outlets around Colorado — The Colorado AP Media Poll, with the help of The Associated Press. First up, the girls polls, from Class 5A through 1A. We’ll post the boys poll soon.

The poll collects votes from reporters around the state, from Pueblo to Grand Junction to Boulder to Fort Collins to Denver and points in between.

Cowell, who had been on the Tigers bench for 10 years, told his players on Friday at their annual banquet.

“The demands have just gotten way past the point of being able to juggle both,” said Cowell, whose day job in Longmont needed more of his attention. “So I was basically in a spot where I didn’t have a whole lot of choice other than to step down.” Read more…

Class 3A powerhouse Holy Family went to 4A’s Conifer and beat the Lobos 3-2 in 10 innings. In doing so, the Tigers improved to 5-0 this season; including wins over the likes of Mullen and Valley.

Grace Petersen led the way offensively for Holy Family, which tied the game in the top of the seventh inning. She went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Macy Cox also had three hits. In all, the Tigers banged out 11 hits against the Lobos in support of senior pitcher Nicole Gardon.

Gardon pitched all 10 innings and struck out 13 batter, while walking only three.

Elsewhere, in Class 5A: Chelsea Whiddon went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in Mountain Range’s 7-6 walkoff victory over Denver East in nonleague play. The Mustangs improved to 4-0. Read more…

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.